He only asked, when it was over, to see the rest.

There is something in the way Marcus proceeded, all the way through, that he thinks matters more than any single dramatic moment, and it is this: at no point did he do the loud, satisfying, righteous thing.

He never confronted Sarah in the moment of discovery.

He never called the police in a rage.

He never smashed anything, or shouted, or gave his enemy a single scene she could later reframe.

And this restraint did not come naturally; he wanted, at every step, to explode, to seize her by the collar, to end it violently and immediately.